Piffle, pure and simple.

Main menu

We tried Kokoro Maki House at 75th & Wornall last night. It’s like a fast food joint rather than a restaurant, but the food was really good. We had a rainbow roll, salmon sushi, and ramen. Definitely going back, but for takeout rather than eat-in.

The prices were reasonable, especially for the quality. The texture of the salmon was outstanding, and I think the spicy ramen might just get me through this next winter.

Reviews like these from Trip Advisor were why we tried the place—also, it’s only two miles from home. Charles Feruzza, in the Pitchreview, thought the sushi was “solidly average” but really liked the Korean food. Maybe we’ll try Korean next time.

My Liberal Identity

You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what’s known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-centric thought reign supreme.

The good news is I have three new bass traps in my studio, that I built personally. With two more to come soon.

The bad news… well, let me tell you about that. I have a staple gun that looks like it was built backwards. It’s really big on one end and small on the other. What seems natural to me (and to everyone else I know who’s picked it up) is that the staples should come out of the small end. I don’t know why, it just seems that way. Stapling fabric onto the bass trap frames, several time I picked it up the wrong way, but always caught myself before using it. Until right after I came home from buying more staples, anyway.

I picked up the stapler to get back to where I stopped before the errand. I lined up the end on the fabric and pulled the trigger. Bang! But there was no staple in the fabric. It took a moment to realize I’d held it backwards. I thought, at least I missed hitting myself. Then I looked at my middle finger. Wait a minute, THERE’S A FUCKING STAPLE STICKING OUT OF MY FINGER!!! I felt surprise that it didn’t hurt, and then grabbed it and yanked as fast as I could. It hurt plenty when it came out. And bled a fair amount for a puncture.

So, that’s the bad news. All told, I’m happy to have the bass traps. And seriously thinking about throwing that staple gun away.

One of the big annoyances with Facebook, for me, is how hard it is to find anything you posted more than a couple days ago. There are some links that I like to refer back to now and again, and it’s a whole lot easier on a blog like this than on FB.

This is somewhat easier with FB’s timeline, so I’m going through mine to find any links I would prefer to not lose track of. Starting with May 2009….